AT INDEPENDENT BANK, WE’RE COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING YOUR PRIVACY.

Committed to your protection

Independent Bank makes your security a high priority and constantly monitors for fraudulent activity. We hope you’ll use our resources to learn about the many ways you can protect your privacy. You can also download Independent Bank’s Privacy Policy.

What does Independent Bank do with your personal information?

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

Social Security number and income

Account balances and payment history

Credit history and credit scores

All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Independent Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information

Does Independent Bank share?

Can you limit this sharing?

For our everyday business purposes—such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus.

Yes

No

For our marketing purposes—to offer our products and services to you.

Yes

No

For our joint marketing with other financial companies.

Yes

Yes

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your transactions and experiences.

Yes

No

For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness.

Please note: If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions?

Who we are:

Who is providing this notice? Independent Bank and its affiliates

What we do:

How does Independent Bank protect my personal information? To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.